Our team of eight volunteers completed this week's survey under hot and sunny conditions. Although adult wasps can often be found feeding on the nectar of flowers, their young usually require animal protein. The worker caste of social species, such as the paper wasp shown in the final image below, go hunting and bring food back to the nest for the queen's grubs. Select Photos and Complete List of Sightings: Lucilia sp. (blow fly) photo by Val Bugh Phidippus arizonensis (Arizona jumper) photo by Val Bugh Orchelimum silvaticum (long-spurred meadow katydid) photo by Val Bugh Scudderia furcata (fork-tailed bush katydid, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chinavia hilare (green stink bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Acanthocephala terminalis (coreid bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Hypselonotus punctiventris (coreid bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Chelinidea tabulata (opuntia bug, nymph) photo by Val Bugh Argia immunda (Kiowa dancer) photo by Val Bugh Aneflomorpha tenuis (long-horned beetle) photo by Val Bugh Olla v-nigrum (ashy gray ladybird) photo by Val Bugh Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria (blackberry looper moth) photo by Val Bugh Pyrausta inornatalis (inornate pyrausta moth) photo by Val Bugh Aristotelia sp. (moth) photo by Val Bugh Adaina ambrosiae (ambrosia plume moth) photo by Val Bugh Strymon melinus (gray hairstreak, larva) photo by Val Bugh Atalopedes campestris (sachem) photo by Val Bugh Eumenes sp. (potter wasp nest) photo by Val Bugh Polistes carolina (red wasp with twisted-winged parasites) photo by Val Bugh Polistes exclamans (paper wasp with caterpillar remains) photo by Val Bugh Birds: Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus) Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica) Mammals: Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) Reptiles & Amphibians: Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) Rio Grande Leopard Frog (Rana berlandieri) Misc.: Millipede (Unknown sp.) Garden Snail (Otala lactea) Globular Drop (Helicina orbiculata) Insects & Spiders: order family genus/species common name lepidoptera   nymphalidae   Danaus gilippus   Queen       Agraulis vanillae   Gulf Fritillary    pieridae   Phoebis sennae   Cloudless Sulphur       Phoebis agarithe   Large Orange Sulphur       Eurema nicippe   Sleepy Orange       Eurema lisa   Little Yellow       Zerene cesonia   Southern Dogface    riodinidae   Calephelis sp.   Metalmark    lycaenidae   Strymon melinus   Gray Hairstreak (larva)       Callophrys gryneus   Juniper Hairstreak       Hemiargus ceraunus   Ceraunus Blue       Hemiargus isola   Reakirt's Blue    hesperiidae   Hylephila phyleus   Fiery Skipper       Atalopedes campestris   Sachem       Lerema accius   Clouded Skipper       Lerodea eufala   Eufala Skipper       Erynnis horatius   Horace's Duskywing       Pyrgus communis/albescens   Common/White Checkered-skipper    noctuidae   Ponometia fasciatella   Moth    arctiidae   Cisthene tenuifascia   Lichen Moth       Hypoprepia miniata   Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth    geometridae   Chlorochlamys chloroleucaria   Blackberry Looper Moth       Tornos scolopacinaria   Moth       Lobocleta peralbata   White Wave    crambidae   Lipocosma polingi   Moth       Glaphyria sequistrialis   White-roped Glaphyria       Pyrausta inornatalis   Inornate Pyrausta Moth    pyralidae   Parachma ochracealis   Moth       Peoria opacella   Moth    tortricidae   Aethes seriatana   Seriated Aethes Moth       Acleris minuta   Yellow-headed Fireworm Moth    gelechiidae   Aristotelia sp.   Moth       Coleotechnites sp.   Moth       Battaristis sp.   Moth    pterophoridae   Adaina ambrosiae   Ambrosia Plume Moth    coleophoridae   Blastobasis sp.   Moth    acrolophidae   Acrolophus sp.   Moth coleoptera   chrysomelidae   Asphaera lustrans   Flea Beetle    coccinellidae   Harmonia axyridis   Multi-colored Asian Ladybird       Olla v-nigrum   Ashy Gray Ladybird    cerambycidae   Aneflomorpha tenuis   Long-horned Beetle       Oncideres cingulata   Twig Girdler    tenebrionidae   Eleodes goryi   Darkling Beetle    elateridae   Melanotus sp.   Click Beetle       Heteroderes exsul   Click Beetle    scraptiidae   Allopoda sp.   False Flower Beetle    curculionidae   Curculio sp.   Nut Weevil hemiptera   coreidae   Acanthocephala terminalis   Coreid Bug (nymph)       Leptoglossus zonatus   Leaf-footed Bug       Chelinidea tabulata   Opuntia Bug (nymph)       Hypselonotus punctiventris   Coreid Bug (adult & nymph)       Mozena lunata   Mesquite Bug    alydidae   Hyalymenus tarsatus   Texas Bow-legged Bug    lygaeidae   Oncopeltus fasciatus   Large Milkweed Bug    rhyparochromidae   Heraeus sp.   Seed Bug    miridae   Unknown sp.   Plant Bug    reduviidae   Zelus tetracanthus   Four-spined Assassin Bug    pentatomidae   Chinavia hilare   Green Stink Bug (nymph) homoptera   cicadellidae   Homalodisca vitripennis   Glassy-winged Sharpshooter       Neokolla dolobrata   Leafhopper    flatidae   Ormenis sp.   Planthopper    dactylopiidae   Dactylopius sp.   Cochineal Insect    cicadidae   Tibicen texanus   Cicada       Tibicen superbus   Superb Cicada hymenoptera   apidae   Apis mellifera   Honey Bee       Bombus pensylvanicus   American Bumble Bee       Xylocopa virginica   Eastern Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa parkinsoniae   Large Carpenter Bee       Xylocopa micans   Southern Carpenter Bee    halictidae   Unknown sp.   Green Sweat Bee       Augochloropsis metallica   Green Sweat Bee    vespidae   Polistes exclamans   Paper Wasp       Polistes carolina   Red Wasp       Eumenes sp.   Potter Wasp (nest)    sphecidae   Sphex ichneumoneus   Great Golden Digger Wasp    pompilidae   Pepsis sp.   Spider Wasp    formicidae   Camponotus sp.   Carpenter Ant diptera   culicidae   Aedes albopictus   Asian Tiger Mosquito    calliphoridae   Lucilia sp.   Blow Fly    dolichopodidae   Unknown sp.   Long-legged Fly    asilidae   Atomosia sp.nbsp;  Robber Fly odonata   coenagrionidae   Argia immunda   Kiowa Dancer    libellulidae   Pachydiplax longipennis   Blue Dasher       Libellula croceipennis   Neon Skimmer       Tramea onusta   Red Saddlebags orthoptera   acrididae   Lactista aztecus   Aztec Bandwing       Chortophaga viridifasciata   Northern Green-striped Grasshopper       Schistocerca sp.   Bird Grasshopper (nymph)       Schistocerca obscura   Obscure Bird Grasshopper       Schistocerca americana   American Bird Grasshopper       Melanoplus plebejus   Plebeian Grasshopper (nymph)    tetrigidae   Paratettix mexicanus   Pygmy Grasshopper    tettigoniidae   Scudderia furcata   Fork-tailed Bush Katydid (adult & nymph)       Amblycorypha huasteca   Texas False Katydid       Orchelimum silvaticum   Long-spurred Meadow Katydid strepsiptera   stylopidae   Unknown sp.   Twisted-wing Parasite neuroptera   chrysopidae   Unknown sp.   Green Lacewing (eggs) araneae   salticidae   Phidippus audax   Bold Jumper       Phidippus arizonensis   Arizona Jumper    araneidae   Argiope trifasciata   Banded Garden Spider    lycosidae   Rabidosa punctulata   Dotted Wolf Spider